121028 P101 Learning Curve

Which procedure is used to identify the different dimensions of performance that underlie people's intelligence scores?

factor analysis

Of the following, which is an indication that someone might have a high emotional intelligence?

They are good at predicting the emotions of others.

Some researchers are reporting that FASTER neurological speed and FASTER perceptual speed are associated with higher _____.

intelligence

______ is assessed by intelligence tests, which present well-defined problems having a single right answer.

Analytical Intelligence

The four components that make up emotional intelligence include perceiving, managing, _____ and using emotions.

understanding

It is clear that:

the size of various parts of the brain is correlated with intelligence.

Which of the following is a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test?

The volume of _____ in various parts of the brain linked to memory, attention, and language is larger in people who are more intelligent.

n the Amazon rain forest, _____ is discerning an effective herbal treatment; in the U.S., _____ is showing superior performance on the SAT.

Injury to the _____ lobe damages the convergent thinking required by intelligence test scores and for school success.

Sandra Witelson studied Albert Einstein's brain to look for differences between his brain and brains of people with more average intelligence. What was the primary difference she found?

What is a difference between the multiple intelligence model developed by Sternberg and the multiple model of intelligence developed by Gardner?

To be considered creative, an idea must be both useful and _____.

Most college students think that they are reasonably intelligent, at least academically. How might they test this, if they cannot take an IQ test?

Richard learned at an early age how to sell numerous items ranging from chocolate to small electronics. Many say his best education came from the streets he grew up on. This best illustrates _____ intelligence.

Expertise, imagination, intrinsic motivation, a _____ personality and the proper environment may combine to make a person creative.

There is a correlation between intelligence and _____ adjusted for body size.

The belief, expressed by Spearman, that intelligence was best characterized as:

Emotional intelligence is characterized by all of the following except:

Howard Gardner proposed that intelligence is:

People who can recognize emotion in faces, music, and stories are generally good at what those interested in emotional intelligence would call:

Which best describes the correlation between intelligence scores and the speed at which we take in perceptual information?

A scientist records how long it takes for subjects to press a button when they see a light. This person is studying:

The use of emotions to enable adaptive thinking suggests that there is a link between:

An individual with high emotional intelligence would be skilled at which of the following?

Many experts in an area are not especially creative. This could be because they are:

Shadrah is a manager at a call center and is trying to foster innovation and creativity in the workplace. In her efforts, she should try to increase the _____ in her employees.

Why did Binet and Simon originally want to measure the intelligence of French school children?

13-year olds scoring high on verbal aptitude were _____ likely to have become humanities professors or written a novel.

The original intelligence test developed by Binet and Simon set out to measure performance in _____, which refers to the chronological age that typically corresponds to a given level of performance.

A magazine columnist would probably score highest on what portion of the WAIS?

Francis Galton attempted to measure "intellectual strengths" based on tests of reaction time, muscular power, and body proportions. Which statement best describes the results of Galton's research?

Lenore's best friend Tonya has been placed in special classes for gifted (highly-intelligent) children. Critics of this type of "tracking" education would suggest that Lenore and Tonya will become socially_____ from each other.

Binet and Simon originally wanted to measure the intelligence of French school children to identify students with _____ in order to better educate them.

Comparing the academic accomplishments of those who score extremely low with those who score extremely high on intelligence tests is an effective way to highlight the _____ of the tests.

Jean, a 10-year-old who consistently scores within the top 3 to 5 percent on any intelligence test school officials give him, is being segregated from his peers in order for him to take special courses and receive other academic enrichments. This is an example of:

IQ is simply a person's _____ divided by chronological age and multiplied by 100 to get rid of the decimal point.

Critics of tracking claim that tracking by aptitude can become a _____ prophecy where those listed as "ungifted" may be influenced to underperform.

The American revision of Binet's original intelligence test was called the _____.

The _____ is one of the most widely used intelligence tests for children.

Studies where researchers test and compare people of various ages at ONE point in time are known as:

Jackie has an extremely low IQ of 65. She lives at an assisted living center where she works part time in the kitchen cleaning dishes, and once year she goes on a trip with her family. Jackie is displaying:

A local university has been tracking performance on intelligence tests over the last 70 years. Like other researchers tracking such data, they have found that their sample has been subject to the Flynn effect. This indicates that intelligence test performance has been _____.

On the original Stanford-Binet test, an 8-year-old who responds with the proficiency of an average 10-year-old is said to have an IQ of _____.

Francis Galton was interested in finding out if _____ could be measured?

The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest is known as _____ validity.

The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict is known as:

_____ is the extent to which a test actually measures what it is supposed to measure.

Both critics and proponents of the gifted education agree that children have _____ talents and that educating them as if they were _____ is naïve.

A local university has been tracking performance on intelligence tests over the last 70 years. Like other researchers tracking such data, they have found that their sample has been subject to the Flynn effect. This indicates that:

Identical twins' brains are virtually the same in areas associated with _____ intelligence.

What is one of the disadvantages of the pre-school program Head Start?

Increasing years of schooling over the last half century have most likely contributed to:

Identical twins reared together have intelligence test scores that are:

_____ observed the dramatic effects of early experiences and demonstrated the impact of early intervention in an Iranian orphanage.

Lacking the _____ to answer questions about their new culture, many Eastern Europeans were classified as feeble-minded

As adopted children get older, their _____ become MORE like their biological parents.

Carol Dweck's research indicates that which mindset is most advantageous for future learning?

In looking at differences in intellectual ability between groups, researchers note the intelligence test performance of today's better fed, better-educated, and more test-prepared population exceeds that of the 1930s population by a(n) _____ margin than the intelligence test scores of the average White today and that of the average Black.

The extent to which differences in intelligence among a group of people are attributable to genetic factors is known as the _____ of intelligence.

In looking at differences in intellectual ability between groups, many social scientists see race primarily as a(n) _____ without well-defined physical boundaries.

What is the best evidence AGAINST the argument that intelligence tests are biased because some items use terms and situations that test-takers from some cultures may not be familiar with?

In terms of gender differences in intellectual abilities, boys were found to score _____ in complex math problem solving.

The two meanings of bias identified in the text include detecting differences in performance _____ by cultural experiences and predictive validity for only some groups of test takers.

Identical twins Sklyer and Sloane live with their biological parents. Sklyer took an intelligence test when he was 9 years old and got a score of 100. Sloane took the same test. You would you predict Sloane's score to be very close to _____.

Carol Dweck describes the belief that intelligence is biologically determined and is unlikely to be impacted by practice and training as a:

You are giving a speech about the reasons Asian students outperform North American students on math achievement and aptitude tests. You can report that North American students spend much less time _____ math in school.

Which of the following is the best summary of the research findings about the impact of stereotype threat?

The extent to which variation among individuals in intelligence is attributable to _____factors is known as the heritability of intelligence.

Which of the following was one of the most damaging factors to the children from the deprived environment in the Iranian orphanage studied J. McVicker Hunt?

According to your book, females tend to outscore males on spelling, emotion-detecting, and rapidly _____objects.

_____ is a self-confirming concern that you will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.

As we age, ________ factors seem to have increasing influence on intelligence scores, and the influence of environmental factors seem to diminish.

J. McVicker Hunt tried to help children raised in a destitute Iranian orphanage by using language-fostering games and other environmental enrichments. The infants' language development _____ dramatically and most of the children were adopted.

Girls are likely to outperform boys in a:

Women have been found to score lower on math tests when they are tested alongside men. This best illustrates the impact of _____.

Zelda was adopted when she was an infant. Her adoptive parents' intelligence test scores are in the average range. Her biological parents, on the other hand, have test scores well above average. When Zelda is 30, based on her performance on an intelligence test we can predict that it will be more similar to her _____ parent's test scores.

J. McVicker Hunt tried to help children raised in a destitute Iranian orphanage by using language-fostering games and other environmental enrichments. Which summary best describes Hunt's results?

Which statement best summarizes researchers' findings about the impact of the Head Start program?

_____ observed the dramatic effects of early experiences and demonstrated the impact of early intervention in an Iranian orphanage.

Men and women are more similar _____ than they are different.

The extent to which _____ among individuals in intelligence is attributable to genetic factors is known as the heritability of intelligence.

One of the disadvantages of the pre-school program Head Start is the positive effects seemed to _____ as the children aged.

In looking at differences in intellectual ability between groups, researchers of Genetics remind us: